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Zoom in to street level to see the 3D features.
#map #maps #OpenStreetMap #3D #topography #world #WorldMap #cities #landscape #environment #data #tools #OpenSource #FOSS
F4map Demo - Interactive 3D map
F4 Map is a WebGL 3D Map Viewer based on OpenStreetMap dataF4map Demo - Interactive 3D map
Anne Hidalgo: "Cars Will Not Return To the Eiffel Tower" after the Olympic Games.
"The Trocadéro will be greened and the Pont d'Iéna pedestrianized, up to the Champ de Mars, which will be reforested. The whole thing will form a large park in the heart of Paris."
#Paris #olympics #cars #cities
Paris: Anne Hidalgo promet que "les voitures ne reviendront pas devant la Tour Eiffel" après les JO
L'élue socialiste prévoit de végétaliser le Trocadéro et de piétonniser le pont d'Iéna pour former "un grand parc" au cœur de la capitale.Florian Bouhot (BFM Paris)
Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s, via @fietsprofessor.
The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
#Dutch #cities #cars #bikes #streets
They should do this here. Boosting Brent Toderian (BrentToderian): This is REALLY important.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness.
#Finland #Helsinki #homeless #cities #homes
https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.Kontrast.at (scoop.me)
“Fun fact: SIM City was forced to pretend that all parking lots were underground because the game would be really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots.”
Really boring like too many real cities and suburbs?
#parking #cars #cities #ThePowerOfParking
https://devonzuegel.com/post/we-should-be-building-cities-for-people-not-cars
Smarter mobility infrastructure.
Graphic via @SeattleSubway based on a Sydney graphic from years ago.
#cities #urbanism #PublicTransit #cars #buses
So much for “making cities better.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ride-hail-utopia-that-got-stuck-in-traffic-11581742802
#Cities #transportation #urbanism #cars #ridehailing #ridesharing #traffic
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.Eliot Brown (The Wall Street Journal)
“A study confirms that if we are serious about getting people on bikes, they need a safe place to ride.”
Via @lloydalter #TreeHugger #bikes #cities #urbanism #cars #BikeLanes
https://www.treehugger.com/fear-of-cars-biggest-biking-barrier-study-6979522
Biggest Barrier to Biking Is the Fear of Cars
If we are serious about getting people on bikes, they need a safe place to ride.Lloyd Alter (Treehugger)
#StreetsForPeople #cities #urbanism #streets #transportation #cars #Austria #cars #people
Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.
https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.Kontrast.at (scoop.me)
#LetKidsBike #Urbanism #BikeLanes #Cities #transportation #bikes #cars #city #kids #car
#placemaking #PublicSpace #skating #cities #Urbanisme #Urbanism